- 1急轉彎；（高爾夫）狗腿洞
A dogleg is a place where a road, path, or course does not go straight, but turns sharply, like the back leg of a dog. Drivers, walkers, and builders use it for a sudden bend. use it a lot: a dogleg hole turns left or right before you reach the green, so you cannot just hit the ball straight the whole way. People also use it as a verb: the road doglegs to the left. It is a shape word. You are talking about the bend, not about a real dog walking there. It is ordinary in sport and in talk about roads; it is not a fancy or formal word.
組成dog + leg, from the shape of a dog's hind leg, which does not run in a straight line. The verb comes from the noun.
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doglegnoun/ˈdɒɡlɛɡ/
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architectureSomething (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
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golfhobbieslifestyleSomething (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
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A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
- The Q Street crossing of Wisconsin Avenue is an extreme example of such a location, the dog-leg itself being so long, about 150 feet, that in reality two T intersections exist.
- At 4th Avenue and Korean Veterans Boulevard, the completion of Gateway Boulevard would correct the existing dog-leg intersection with Franklin Street.
doglegverb/ˈdɒɡlɛɡ/
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To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back sharply to the original direction.
- When the causeway doglegs and all of a sudden you spot sixteen roller coasters in the same place, it can take your breath away.
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